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Lucerne Festival Orchestra : radio broadcast, 1938-08-25

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The Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings

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Title
Lucerne Festival Orchestra : radio broadcast, 1938-08-25
Additional title: Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings
Names
Jordan, Max, 1895- (Commentator)
Erb, Senta (Commentator)
Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957 (Conductor)
National Broadcasting Company (Associated name)
Schweizerisches Festspielorchester (Performer)
Collection

The Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1938-08-25
Table of Contents
La scala di seta overture / Rossini -- Symphony no. 40 in G minor / Mozart -- Announcement -- Die Meistersinger, prelude to Act 3 / Wagner -- Announcement -- A Siegfried idyll / Wagner -- Intermission -- Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 36 / Beethoven -- Closing announcement.
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LJ-12 4537-4549
Shelf locator: *LJ-12 4557
Shelf locator: *LT-10 7869-7869 (former classmark)
Topics
Overtures
Symphonies
Symphonic poems
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Scala di seta. Sinfonia. Selections
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Symphonies, K. 550, G minor
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Meistersinger von Nürnberg. 3. Aufzug. Vorspiel
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Siegfried-Idyll
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies, no. 2, op. 36, D major
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Scala di seta. Sinfonia
Genres
Music
Radio programs
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger from information on original discs.
Content: Streaming files transferred from fourteen 12 in. 78 rpm original lacquer discs. Each side corresponds to one file.
Content: Rossini's overture is not recorded from the beginning. Some fragments of music works are lost by overlapping announcements or drops in transmission. Sides 24 and 25 are recordings of two portions of the program with partial duplication.
Performers: Max Jordan, Senta Erb, commentators ; [members of] the Lucerne Festival Orchestra ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor.
Venue: Broadcast live on NBC from Richard Wagner Garden House in Lucerne, Switzerland 1938 August 25.
Acquisition: Gift; Toscanini family; 1987.
Content: Forms part of: the Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings, *L(Special) 89-01.
Physical Description
Audio disc
Extent: 14 audio discs (approximately 105 min.) : analog, 78 rpm, aluminum/lacquer, mono. ; 12 in.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPW88-A55
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11159921
MSS Unit ID: 20445
RLIN/OCLC: 884468380
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20248396
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cd6ee040-b721-0133-6dc6-3c07547a230f
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1938: Issued
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Lucerne Festival Orchestra : radio broadcast, 1938-08-25" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938-08-25. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/71408520-b722-0133-1ab9-3c07547a230f

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Lucerne Festival Orchestra : radio broadcast, 1938-08-25" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/71408520-b722-0133-1ab9-3c07547a230f

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1938-08-25). Lucerne Festival Orchestra : radio broadcast, 1938-08-25 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/71408520-b722-0133-1ab9-3c07547a230f

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Lucerne Festival Orchestra : radio broadcast, 1938-08-25